THE Senior Class Elections are over at last. Although the meeting was a protracted one, there were but few incidents to disturb its harmony, and the result, we may hope, satisfied the class. The demonstrations made at one stage of the proceedings were highly reprehensible; any one section should learn to respect the choice of the majority, and to do otherwise is an insult to the class. As usual, the larger share of the offices fell to one society, rather in the natural course of events than from any preconcerted action, and, in one or two cases, by the votes of other sections of the class. It would have been better if a larger number of those elected had not been members of this society. The closeness of the vote upon several occasions seemed to show that the election of any one man was a result of accident; and some desirable men were necessarily dropped when the candidates were numerous. If in every case the best man was not chosen, it must be remembered that in the world at large "estates, degrees, and offices" are sometimes purchased with the honor of the wearer. It is not our desire to indulge in personal comment, however; but we must aver that in its election of one officer by acclamation the class honored itself more than it could possibly honor him. And that unanimity of feeling may extend and deepen, and that '82's Class Day may be in every way a success, is what we all most earnestly desire.
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